29 Aug 1867
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Newspaper
Summerside Journal
Location
Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Date
Aug 29, 1867
Page
1
A collection of witty extracts and moral quips about courtship, marriage, and social conduct. It praises loyal women who stand by troubled men, offers humorous asides on suitors and flirtation, and includes jokes about weather, philosophy, and wordplay. The tone imitates 19th century moralizing miscellany.
A correspondent endorses strong tobacco decoctions to kill lice on calves cattle ticks on sheep and dogs fleas on plants and fruit trees. Tobacco wash destroys aphids in gardens and can control vine hop aphids. tobacco smoke and tobacco-based barriers repel many pests though some mammals resist it. The writer claims broad pest control and weed management benefits.
A practical farmer describes treating wagon felloes with heated linseed oil to prolong wheel life. He explains drying timber first, boiling oil carefully, and hanging the wheel to soak one fenoe per hour, noting oil-filled timber resists water and becomes more durable.
Prince County Grammar School announces James Wannunton appointed Colonial Treasurer overseeing school funds and financial matters.
A retail list shows diameters 86 in at 820 each 02 in 816 each 2S in 812.50 each 24 in 9 each 20 in 7 each 16 in 5 each 12 in 3 each.
Dry Goods. Both Staple and Fancy, a good selection, suitable for the season. Naye just received per Lotus from LONRON 28 Chests of that gou Tea which in quality and price defies competition. 34 C. Gardiner Summerside June 13, 1867.
A brief survey of London Quarterly Review, Edinburgh Review, Westminster Review, North British Review and related Whig Radical Free Church periodicals. It notes their publishers, political alignments, and roles in 19th century British intellectual life.
The notice outlines pricing for BI and Review copies, with four copies sent to one address for $12.80 and four copies of Reviews and Blackwood for $48.00. It notes a 7 discount to clubs of four, indicating a group rate structure.
The L. 8. PUB CO offers the Farmers' Guide by Henry Stephens of Edinburgh and J. V. Norton of Yale College in two Royal Octavo volumes totaling 1600 pages with numerous engravings. Price seven dollars for the set by mail postpaid eight dollars.
An advertorial note from Parrsporoucu Cumpercann dated June 22 1863 announces new successes of Roger's Medicines by Messrs Rocents & Co inviting readers to share with neighbors.
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